Feb 2, 2013

Malaysia - M'sians abroad plan 'go-home-to-vote' campaign

A group of Malaysians currently living abroad has organised a Jom Balik
Undi (JBU) or “Let's Go Home and Vote” campaign to encourage overseas
Malaysians to return and vote in the coming general election.

A press statement issued by
William de Cruz and Adriene Leong, the organisers for the campaign for
Malaysians in Australia, said it was an effort to get all Malaysians living and
working abroad to play a part in having their voices heard at the 13 general
election.

“We will do this by ensuring the
highest possible voter turnout on Malaysian soil and cast our votes in full
force,” they said in a statement yesterday.

They urged citizens abroad who
could afford the trip home to do so and advised Malaysian-registered voters who
cannot return home to submit their applications to be postal voters as soon as
possible.

De Cruz and Leong said those who
were interested to raise awareness of the campaign can participate by
submitting their photographs to the JBU facebook page at
www.facebook.com/JomBalikUndi-Malaysia.

Election Commission deputy chairman
Wan Ahmad Wan Omar was reported to have said in October that Malaysians
overseas could apply online early to vote by post in the coming general
election.

He said Malaysians registered as
absentee voters, should update their particulars through the EC website to
facilitate the delivery of Priority Envelopes containing ballot papers for
them.

Wan Ahmad also said the
conditions stipulated for postal voters are that they should be a registered
voter; has to be in the country for at least 30 days in five years before the
dissolution of Parliament or State Assembly; and living overseas with the
exception of south Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Kalimantan.

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